Francis Ngannou doesn’t remember much about his devastating knockout loss to Anthony Joshua.
The Cameroonian MMA star’s night got off to a disastrous start when he was decked by AJ in the opening stanza.
Ngannou did well to see out the round and make his way back to his corner after such a heavy knockdown.
However, he admits he has no recollection of getting up from his stool between rounds.
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“My memory and my vision kept going,” Ngannou told the MMA Hour as he revealed the true extent of Joshua’s power.
“I don’t remember when I came back from the stool to go to the second round.
“From the stool, in between rounds, I wasn’t there anymore.”
In the second round, Ngannou was downed again by a perfectly timed pull counter before he was knocked unconscious by a clubbing right hand.
The former UFC heavyweight champion lay motionless on his back for an extended period before, thankfully, coming around when he received oxygen from the on-site medical team.
Shortly after suffering the first stoppage loss of his combat sports career, Ngannou shared some footage to his YouTube channel of him recovering backstage.
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It shows him walking unaided to his dressing room where he is met by multiple family members.
“This is what we sign up for when you come to a sport like this.
“You always know that something like that can happen.
“This is a weird loss. Something that I wouldn’t like to experience, but I think it will stay as a defeat only if I don’t learn from it and come back from it.”
Ngannou has been widely commended for his humility in the face of defeat.
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Where he goes next is presently unclear although it seems more than likely that his next fight will be in MMA.
A bout with Renan Ferreira awaits in PFL after the Brazilian MMA fighter knocked out former two-weight Bellator champion Ryan Bader last month to earn himself a shot at Ngannou.
